The Cyber Safety Force (CSF) has launched to change the way businesses manage their cybersecurity. Forming a consortium of renowned cyber experts, the CSF takes a data-driven, collaborative approach to revolutionise the way businesses think about and manage threat defence and risk aversion – moving from ‘cybersecurity’ to ‘cyber safety’.
The CFO recently found that 75% of security professionals have observed an increase in cyber attacks over 2023, with the global average cost of a data breach hitting $4.45 million – a 15% increase over three years (IBM).
Businesses manage cybersecurity
Guy Golan, Founder of the CSF and global cybersecurity firm Performanta, believes it has never been more imperative for such an initiative to drive real change across organisations.
Guy comments: “The way most businesses manage cybersecurity is through compliance. Experts understand that this forms the bare minimum when striving for cyber safety. The CSF has been created to combat this misunderstanding and introduce principles to reform the way businesses think about cybersecurity. Clear demand for better protection has enabled us to combine field-pioneering expertise and actionable data to form a new set of best practices. It’s an exciting time for the CSF as we gain momentum toward sparking true change for businesses globally, ushering in a new, vastly more impactful method of managing risk and achieving cyber safety.”
Organisations to reconsider
Guy is joined by a group of pioneers in this initial launch of the CSF, including Greg Sim
Guy is joined by a group of pioneers in this initial launch of the CSF, including Greg Sim, Founder of cyber group 2020 Partners, Simon Hodgkinson, ex-CISO of BP and strategic advisor to pioneering cybersecurity firms, and Wolfgang Selzer, Co-Founder and CEO of myResilience GMBH, among others.
Simon Hodgkinson believes the initiative will create a talking point and a platform for organisations to reconsider the way they view cybersecurity within their organisation. He comments: “Cybersecurity is too often viewed as the technical team’s problem. In fact, CISOs are often fired for poor cybersecurity while the CEO remains in their position. It’s time to take cybersecurity as seriously as physical security and adopt a cyber safety mindset. I’m proud to be pioneering this mission with some of the very best in the business.”
Cyber safety approach
More information and events will be announced on the CSF website throughout the year for industry pioneers to collaborate and make change happen.
The website will also feature advice and insight that will help other pioneers to adopt a cyber safety approach within their organisations.